Christian Ford is betrayed in an adulterous affair only to discover that he himself has betrayed the woman he loved and abandoned, in this novel of psychological and moral insight

An ADULTERY

Theroux, Phyllis

Literature & Fiction

Scribner Paper Fiction

Essays discuss adoption, childbirth, jealousy, fairness, sports, shopping with children, school, boredom, embarassment, responsibility, games, pets, parties, and teachers

Night Lights

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Penguin??Books

Essays discuss adoption, childbirth, jealousy, fairness, sports, shopping with children, school, boredom, embarrassment, responsibility, games, pets, parties, and teachers

Night Lights : Bedtime Stories for Parents in the Dark

VIKING

The stories deal with the consequences of transplanting a family, an English girl spending a month with a family in France, a biologist rooming with a compulsive liar, and more

Wlds End

Pocket

Kingdom by Sea X

Travel

Europe

This invaluable anthology is the first and only collection dedicated to the art of the eulogy. For the past several years, Phyllis Theroux has collected the most eloquent and moving writing commemorating a death, assessing a life, or offering solace to the bereaved. Ranging from Thomas Jefferson's magisterial eulogy for George Washington to Anna Quindlen's affectionate memorial for her grandmother; from Helen Keller's words about her dear friend Mark Twain to Adlai Stevenson's about Eleanor Roosevelt, The Book of Eulogies establishes that great eulogies are a celebration of remarkable lives that can illuminate, confirm, inspire, and redirect our own. Theroux has included some of the world's most well-known tributes, such as Pericles' Funeral Oration, Jules Michelet's appreciation of Jeanne d'Arc, Victor Hugo's ringing words on the one hundredth anniversary of Voltaire's death, Cardinal Suenens's eulogy for Pope John XXIII. But most of the eulogized assembled here are eighteenth- to twentieth-century Americans, and the stories of their lives illuminate our history with a particularly intimate light. In Robert Kennedy's extemporaneous remarks upon hearing of the death of Martin Luther King, or Eugene McCarthy's tribute to his friend and colleague, Hubert Humphrey, the values, wisdom, and spirit of both the eulogized and the eulogizer are revealed. The Book of Eulogies is a sourcebook for anyone who must find words of solace, understanding, and inspiration on the occasion of a beloved's death. It is also a treasury of astonishing eloquence, passion, and humanity -- a record of extraordinary lives, seen through the eyes of those who knew and loved them.

The Book Of Eulogies

Scribner

An unusual series of charming, poignant, and perceptive vignettes captures the quiet drama and extraordinary qualities of ordinary people and places

Peripheral Visions

William Morrow & Co.

California and Other States of Grace

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

William Morrow

Serefina has an imagination as vivid as clear blue sky. She also has a problem keeping secrets under certain circumstances. And you can bet a combination thereof will have hilarious results when the "circumstances" involve a surprise birthday party for little brother Buster! Young readers will see more than a little of themselves in Serefina -- because there's nothing more tantalizing than guarding (and telling!) a piece of news. Phyllis Theroux's ebullient text and Marjorie Priceman's buoyant, offbeat paintings make for an altogether entertaining, totally unique, intergenerational story.

Serefina Under the Circumstances

Children's Books

Holidays & Celebrations

Greenwillow Books

Ryland Falls wasn't paradise, but there was a certain storybook quality about the town that made visitors catch their breath. As in a book, the order of the stories never changed. On December first, the Chamber of Commerce always hung out the "Yuletide Greetings" banners, the plastic Santa Claus went back on the top of the firehouse roof, and grumpy Diane at Elwood's Market started wearing her set of imitation reindeer antlers.
Yet on this particular Christmas, there were signs that the order of things would change. And when it did, the people in Ryland Falls never celebrated Christmas the same way again.
The Christmas spirit is alive and well in this inspiring story about the redeeming power of the imagination and the true nature of compassion.

Giovanni's Light: The Story of a Town Where Time Stopped for Christmas

United States

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